A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision by Ings, Simon

A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision

We spend about one-tenth of our waking hours completely blind. Only one percent of what we see...
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Author: Simon Ings
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A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision by Ings, Simon

A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision

CHF 44.76

A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision

CHF 44.76
Author: Simon Ings
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
We spend about one-tenth of our waking hours completely blind. Only one percent of what we see is in focus at any one time. There is no direct fossil evidence for the evolution of the eye. In graceful, accessible prose, novelist and science writer Simon Ings sets out to solve these and other mysteries of seeing.A Natural History of Seeing delves into both the evolution of sight and the evolution of our understanding of sight. It gives us the natural science--the physics of light and the biology of animals and humans alike--while also addressing Leonardo's theories of perception in painting and Homer's confused and strangely limited sense of color. Panoramic in every sense, it reaches back to the first seers (and to ancient beliefs that vision is the product of mysterious optic rays) and forward to the promise of modern experiments in making robots that see.

Author: Simon Ings
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/17/2008
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780393067194


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2008 pg. 794
Booklist 10/15/2008 pg. 10

About the Author
Ings, Simon: - Simon Ings's most recent novel is The Weight of Numbers. His science features and interviews have appeared in magazines as diverse as New Scientist, Wired, and Dazed and Confused. Ings lives in London.

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